{"id":4829,"date":"2013-12-27T16:05:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2019-02-26T19:06:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:36:54","slug":"period-called-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/period-called-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Your Period Called in Other Countries?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While a large number of names exist the world over for a woman\u2019s period, there are some that are just downright silly. This infographic from WomenHealthZone.com<\/strong> throws light upon just a few words and catch phrases for when you are wondering what to call your period in other countries<\/strong>.
Starting with Australia and the obvious political reference, \u2018The communists have invaded\u2019, this country has its share of bizarre phrases ranging from \u2018I\u2019ve got the painters in\u2019 to \u2018the English are coming.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States too, has its share of random and funny names for a period. From bitchy witchy week to A little ketchup with my steak, to rebooting the ovarian operating system, these phrases range from entertaining to plain gross-as in the case of the phrase \u2018attracting lesbian vampires.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women the world over enjoy making up names for themselves, each other, their friends, family members and even lovers- so it only makes sense that they would invent a whole bunch of phrases and code names for their period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denmark too, like Australia, uses the communist reference, along with other phrases like \u201cI have the men\u2019s frustration\u201d and \u201cI cook strawberry\u201d. In China, we see the obvious difference in take on communism, as the Chinese use phrases such as \u2018the red sister is coming.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of a visual, although colourful, the little symbols created to signify what I think is supposed to be a period, is a terrible illustration of a cross between a spooky ghost and a tooth. Design wise, apart from the bright colours, the infographic lacks a certain aesthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to Canada, did you know that Canadian women call their periods a monthly statement? Or refer to the time of the month as seduction time with vampires and tears of a disappointed uterus? Latin America too, has its share of weird names and phrases such as \u2018red sails in the sunset\u2019, \u2018walk like an Egyptian\u2019 and \u2018Did the rooster already sing?.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France, New Zealand and Japan all have strawberry references with phrases like strawberry season, strawberry jam time and little miss strawberry being used respectively in each of the aforementioned countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the actual usage and accuracy of these phrases remain to be tested, the Indian version , seems fairly strange with a weird phrase like \u2018the crow has touched them\u2019. Even if translated into Hindi, this phrase makes little sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The versions used in England however, are fairly entertaining and are as follows:
\u2018My Aunt parked her red Porsche outside\u2019, \u2018Little Albert is still a terrible myth\u2019 \u2018Liverpool are playing at home\u2019, \u2018I\u2019m flying the Japanese flag\u2019, \u2018She\u2019s got the painters in\u2019 and \u2018My steak is raw\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While a large number of names exist the world over for a woman\u2019s period, there are some that are just downright silly. This infographic from WomenHealthZone.com throws light upon just a few words and catch phrases for when you are wondering what to call your period in other countries.Starting with Australia and the obvious political…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> What Is Your Period Called in Other Countries?<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4627],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/woman-period.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}